Australian Biography: Charles Birch

Title:
Australian Biography: Charles Birch
NFSA ID
326723
Year
1995
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Charles Birch (1918–2009) was one of the world's leading geneticists.

His early investigations into the insect world led to his interest in population ecology. He went on to explore the inter-reaction of humanity with the environment, studying genetics at Chicago University then Oxford.

As Challis Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney, he helped lay the foundations for the new science of ecology.

His search for a philosophy that could embrace both science and God culminated in what he calls 'an ecological model of God'.